Open game expected at Estadio Dr. Lisandro de la Torre: Rosario Central vs Unión Santa Fe preview

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Competition: Argentina Superliga
Competition: Mon 03.October
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Dr. Lisandro de la Torre (41654 seats)

It's been rough for Rosario Central so far, and that also applies to Unión Santa Fe. The bottom dwellers would trade their mothers for some much needed points here.

Insights:
  • Rosario Central have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Unión Santa Fe have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Rosario Central and Unión Santa Fe.

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Rosario Central form and stats

Rosario Central have collected 18 points from their Superliga home games so far after 5-3-3. When Rosario Central hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Talleres Cordoba, Aldosivi, Lanus, Colon, Arsenal de Sarandi, Rosario Central, Velez Sarsfield, Estudiantes and Banfield), they have won 3 of 7 matches! Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Rosario lost their last game at Racing Club (placed 2nd) after a 3-4 scoreline. The first setback in the shape of a defeat after going unbeaten through three league matches. A disaster for the home team in their last match (vs Racing Club) as a comfortable lead 3-1 was completely ruined into a loss 3-4. Broun had a busy but productive day in the Racing Club match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. Midfield player Blanco got a match rating of 7.54 in that game, the max score being 10. Blanco signed up for two assists and hit three key passes.

Before that, Rosario Central drew at home versus Platense.

This is expected to be a close game, with Rosario Central perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Rosario Central as a small favourite), we find 18 games. Rosario has won 8 of these, drawn 7 and lost 3.

Rosario Central have scored 9 league goals here from 11 matches, not a lot. Rosario Central are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Dr. Lisandro de la Torre in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 11 matches. Rosario has at home met teams with this table position (low), seven times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 5 of 7 times.

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Unión Santa Fe form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Superliga travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. It's looking increasingly bleak for Unión Santa Fe who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Sarmiento was the last time a defeat was avoided.

Unión Santa Fe failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Newell's Old Boys (placed 10th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Cañete got a match rating of 7.85 in that game, top player of the team. Cañete hit two key passes.

A 1-2 defeat away at Racing Club before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 20 similar matches played by Unión Santa Fe in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Unión Santa Fe, 8 draws and 9 defeats.

Low-scoring game? 9 of this side's last 10 league rounds have seen zero, one or two goals.

Unión have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Unión Santa Fe have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Unión Santa Fe have managed a streak of 4 consecutive games without losing (2-2-0) when playing Rosario Central.

Top Goalscorers

RosarioA. Véliz
A. Véliz
6 goals
Unión Santa FeJ. Alvez Sagar
J. Alvez Sagar
5 goals
Rosario CentralM. Ruben Rodríguez
M. Ruben Rodríguez
4 goals

Rosario Central missing players

Unión Santa Fe missing players

Rosario Central Unión Santa Fe
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
36 18 7 Played P 5 17 35
10 8 3 Won W 1 3 12
9 4 3 Drew D 3 5 7
17 6 1 Lost L 1 9 16
35 20 8 Scored S 5 15 33
44 17 5 Conceded C 5 22 40
89% 94% 86% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 82% 86%
61% 50% 43% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 59% 54%
42% 39% 29% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 53% 49%
19% 22% 29% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 18% 11%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 6% 6%
44% 39% 43% BTTS BTTS 40% 53% 46%
33% 39% 43% Clean Sheets C S 40% 18% 31%
33% 28% 29% Failed to Score F T 60% 47% 37%
 
5.7 6.9 6.4 Corners for (avg) C F 2.4 4.8 5.8
4.6 3.7 4.4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 5.4 4.4
2.7 2.3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.8 2.6
2 2 1 Red cards R C 1 3 5
 
10.6 10.7 10.1 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 9.9 11.1
4 4.3 4.9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.6 3.5 3.8
24% 26% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 25% 25%
 
9.6 8.3 8 Shots against (avg) S A 14.8 12.9 11.5
3.5 2.7 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.4 5.5 4.5
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Rosario Central have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Unión Santa Fe have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Unión Santa Fe have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atletico Tucuman 21 11 8 2 26 12 11 7 4 0 18 5 10 4 4 2 8 7 14 41
2 Racing Club 22 11 7 4 32 19 12 8 3 1 23 10 10 3 4 3 9 9 13 40
3 Boca Juniors 21 12 3 6 26 22 11 7 2 2 17 12 10 5 1 4 9 10 4 39
4 Huracan 22 9 10 3 26 16 10 6 3 1 16 6 12 3 7 2 10 10 10 37
5 Gimnasia La Plata 22 10 7 5 22 13 10 7 2 1 14 3 12 3 5 4 8 10 9 37
6 Tigre 22 8 9 5 32 24 11 5 5 1 17 7 11 3 4 4 15 17 8 33
7 Argentinos Juniors 21 10 3 8 26 20 11 7 1 3 15 10 10 3 2 5 11 10 6 33
8 Godoy Cruz 22 9 6 7 24 23 10 6 3 1 13 6 12 3 3 6 11 17 1 33
9 River Plate 21 9 5 7 29 18 10 5 1 4 14 9 11 4 4 3 15 9 11 32
10 Newell's Old Boys 22 9 5 8 20 19 10 3 4 3 9 7 12 6 1 5 11 12 1 32
11 Platense 22 7 10 5 19 16 12 4 7 1 10 5 10 3 3 4 9 11 3 31
12 San Lorenzo 22 6 12 4 24 21 12 3 8 1 15 12 10 3 4 3 9 9 3 30
13 Independiente 22 8 6 8 24 23 10 4 3 3 10 8 12 4 3 5 14 15 1 30
14 Sarmiento 22 8 5 9 22 24 10 5 2 3 14 10 12 3 3 6 8 14 -2 29
15 Defensa y Justicia 22 7 8 7 20 22 11 4 6 1 11 8 11 3 2 6 9 14 -2 29
16 Patronato 21 7 7 7 24 22 11 6 4 1 13 5 10 1 3 6 11 17 2 28
17 Central Cordoba SdE 21 8 4 9 26 25 11 5 2 4 14 12 10 3 2 5 12 13 1 28
18 Barracas Central 22 7 7 8 25 30 12 6 3 3 18 14 10 1 4 5 7 16 -5 28
19 Estudiantes 22 7 6 9 22 27 12 6 3 3 15 13 10 1 3 6 7 14 -5 27
20 Banfield 22 6 8 8 22 25 12 2 5 5 13 17 10 4 3 3 9 8 -3 26
21 Unión Santa Fe 21 7 5 9 22 27 11 4 2 5 10 13 10 3 3 4 12 14 -5 26
22 Talleres Cordoba 20 6 7 7 17 17 10 5 2 3 12 9 10 1 5 4 5 8 0 25
23 Rosario Central 22 6 7 9 19 24 11 5 3 3 9 8 11 1 4 6 10 16 -5 25
24 Arsenal de Sarandi 22 4 11 7 21 25 11 3 6 2 13 11 11 1 5 5 8 14 -4 23
25 Colon 22 5 7 10 19 30 11 3 4 4 10 16 11 2 3 6 9 14 -11 22
26 Lanus 21 4 5 12 19 30 10 3 3 4 11 11 11 1 2 8 8 19 -11 17
27 Velez Sarsfield 20 2 10 8 20 27 9 2 4 3 8 8 11 0 6 5 12 19 -7 16
28 Aldosivi 22 3 4 15 12 39 10 2 1 7 7 16 12 1 3 8 5 23 -27 13

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The Superliga Argentina, also referred to as the Primera División, is the premier football division in Argentina. It currently holds 26 teams who play 25 fixtures each to form a final league table. The season runs from August to May. Argentina was the first country outside the United Kingdom to create a football league, in 1891.